Hand bag



April 12; 1927. 1,624,611 v c, J. MCCABE ET AL HAND BAG Filed June 9, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEY 7 41% Inseam);

.* UNITE CHARLES J. MQCABEQOF'BROOKLYN,AND IRvING scnonnnonz, or m R CKAWML; NEWYORK. ASSIGNORS 'IOJMQCABE ANZD scnoze-nncnz, Inc, on NEW YORK, .n. n, A

' CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

' Appl ication filed June. 9,

Ourpresent invention relates to hand bags and has 'partlcular reference to womens bags of'thejtype which' is carriedabout day ,byday. H ;Q It is an object of the inventlon to prov de a bag; of 'this character whereinjthestructural'components are so shaped and associa te'd that the bag will retain its shape for ,a considerably longer: period of time-than the bags'of usual construction. H

..Where. we have attempted to construct bags by the association with side elements of abottom element consisting ".oia s ng'le' blank of vvmflterial, W havefoundfthgmyeg;

tensive use will cause the bagq'toflose its shape by Virtueof the fact thatthe bottom element :will stretch and distort. T1115 is particularly likely to occuriwhere the bag is subjected to frequent use], and where the contents are ofa character: to; form a bulky .mass which stretches thebag in all directions. This latter condition is almost universally the case in bags. of thischarac'ter,

It is anobject of the present invention so "to overcome. this defect in bags ofth'is character, and more. particularly, it is our ob ject to provide a bag wherein thisexcessive .dist-ortionand sagging of the bottom Wlli be prevented; H g

Another object of the invention isto provide astructure which renders it possible to produce" a desired configuration Wlth great accuracy and ease, thereby making-1t possible to producev a finished article having rid workmanshipa 1 d A =feature of our. inventlonhes 1n providinga bottom of composite structure, ,1..e.,

xjconstituted. of more than a single blank of 1 form the bottom bylassociating two separate strips of material, these stripsb'eing so configured that their mutual associatloniwill providethe des'iredcontour. I v

Another feature of l he invention lies in providinga longitudinal rib for the bottom "of the bag,-this:rib serving to reinforce the bottom, in ainanner which will limit the .extent to which the bottom may sag.- In

vention and the bulkiness of the contents will cause the bottomlof the bag to stretch and conse-.

reatly enhanced r'qualities of appearance material. In a preferred construction, We

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a preferred construction, this rib is provided by the seam which associates the two com-,-

ponent partsof the bottom with each other. It 1s an object of the'invention tc rovid'e a bagwhichwill have extremely goodiwege 1 ing qualities, 1 which will present a neat, Workman-l ke appearance, ZL IId WhICh is constructed' in a manner which "renders the manufacture'both simple andin-eXpe'nsi-ve' the accompanying drawings, wherein 'Fig. l is a perspective view ofthe coni- I plete' bag formed in accordance with our in;

k;- Flg. 2 is a front elevationalviewlot the Fig. 3; is an" end View thereof; I Fig. 4: is a bottom view thereof; Fig. 5 is a sectionalview taken along the line 55 ofFigHl; and" .Fig. .6 is a plan View of strips which are llustrative of the component parts which may constitute the bottom of the bag.

fUpon' viewing Figs. 1 and 3015 the drawing,it,will belobserved that we have shown our invention as embodied in bag, the

mouth or opening of which is' define'd'by' a .U-s'haped rigid frame construction. 'This,

frame construction comprisesftwo complenientary u shaped members or frames 10' adapted to lie'in coincidence with each other Whenthe bag isclosed and pivotedfto each other at. 19 at the lower end ofthe depending legs17 and 18 sojthat'the bag is opened and closed by swinging the frames relatively to each other about said pivots.

in the form of a-substantially rectangular piece of .materifil associated in; a suitable The side element's'll of th'e bag are each lmanner along one longitudinal" edge with the top edge 1 50f one of the frameslO. The balance of th'e'bag structurej'illus- .trated in the drawings'is constituted of a connectingportion which-binds'the sides 11 together and provides the bottom and ends for the bag and we will term this portion of r the bag the gusset. WVhere-wejhave made this bottom or connecting portion orgusset of an imperforate blank, we have found that disadvantages result therefrom among which are, (first) that due to the fact that this gusset or bottom must generally be of substantial width so as to provide for the desired bag capacity, the bottom will sag when the bag is loaded and after considerable use, the bottom-or gusset will develop a permanent sag; (second) that an imperforate one piece bottom or gusset permits only of lim ited variations in its contour.

In accordance with the present invention, we have found that these difliculties can be overcome to a great extent by making this connectingportion so as to break up the continuity 0f the material across the width of the gusset and one Way of attaining this, has been illustrated in the drawings.

Upon VlGWlII Fig. 4 of the drawing, it will be observed that we make our gusset of two component parts which take the form of strips 12 and 13 and which aremutually associated in the manner to be presently described.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be observed that each of these strips is of an elongated character whose ends are wider than the rest ofthe strip. In other words, the longitudinal edges of each strip converge f toward the center thereof. Thus, the longitudinal edges which are tobe united with the peripheral edges of the sides 11 may be made concave as shown in Fig. 1 and it will be understood that the lengths of these edges are .made identical with the peripheral length of the unattached edges of each side i ,11. .When the strips 122 and ,13 are asso- L ciated with each other, they are preferably stitched together along their adjacent edges 14. Each end of each strip is then associated with one element of one arm of .the frame .10, and it will now be observed that these end edges of thestrips must have a length substantially equal to the lengths of the arms17 and 18. ,As' a result of this associationof the variousparts, the sides 11 will have been connected with each other by a composite connecting portion which consti tutes not only abottom for the bag'but, also ends therefor. It will also be obvious that the seam between the portions 12 and 13 will extend longitudinally of the bottom, and Will have its terminal ends in adjacence with v,thehinge points of which the point is illustrative.

The seam will thus serve to'br ak up the effective width of the gusset and .thus materially aid in reducing the sag.

In Figs. 1 to 4;, we have denoted'this seam by the reference numeral 14. It is along this seam that we provide a longitudinal reinforcingv rib which prevents. distortion of the bottom. We have found it satisfactory to construct this seam in such a manner that .the seam itself will constitute the reinforcing rib. This is particularly feasible where the bag'is constructed of material such as leather,.and we have found it preferable to provide the seam in a manner as shown in of-the strips 12 and 13 are preferably turned inwardly in the same direction before being attached to the rib 23. From the outside, nothing is visible except the small ridge or head constituted by the closed endo'f the U-shaped rib 23.

It will be now obvious that the longitudinal reinforcing rib, constitutedin the illustrated embodiment by the seam between'the strips 12 and 13, will serve to "limit the me tent to which the bottom'may sag. Furthermore, this seam will definitely define the line of folding which is necessarily produced when the bag is closed.

By virtue of our composite structure, we are. enabled to achieve results in bag construction which have, to ourknowledge, never been achieved before. The composite nature of the bottom and ends permits usto form this portion of the bag in a manner which will impart a predetermined form thereto by designing the component.

dinal' edges 22 are concavely formed, and i are of a'length to conform substantially to the peripheral unconnected edges .of the sides 11. "In this embodiment,-however,'--we have constructed the internal or juxtaposed edges 21 of the stripsin a manner which makes them similarly concave, :thereby producing a gap between the strips when-they are initially laid side by side. After the strips have been associated with each other, the edges 21 being stitched or similarly united one with the other, it will be observed that the composite structure-will no longer lie in a single plane but will [have been deflected and distorted to a certain-extent by virtue of the concavity of theedges 21. This distortion will be produced in 'accordance with a predetermined design, and will render the composite structureparticularlyeffective in enhancing the rigidity and I neat appearan'ceof the finished bag. Thus, the composite structure permits us-to properly shape this portion of the bagin accordance with particular requirements.

These requirements may vary, depending upon the design of the rigid frame and upon the outlineof the sides 11, but by properly designing the component parts 12' and 13, a completed structurecan be built up which is extremely pleasing in appearance and which will reflect careful workmanship. It will be obvious'that additional component parts may be provided, such as gussets or similar auxiliary elements, depending upon the requirements of the bag from the standpoint of capacity and design.

It will also be obvious that many changes in the details herein described and illustrated for the purpose of explaining the nature of our invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from necting portion. including a plurality of the spirit and scope ofthe invent-ion as expressed in the appended claims. It is therefore intended that these details be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described our invention and illustrated its use, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.. In a hand bag, a pair. of side elements, and'a connecting portion extending around the ends and bottom of the bag between said side elements and attachedthereto, said constrips joined together along their longitudinal edges.

2. In a hand bag, a U-shaped rigid frame defining the mouth of the bag, a pair of sides attached to the base of the frame, and

a bottom for the bag interposed between said sides and comprising a plurality of integral 'U-shaped strips attached at their ends to the arms of the frame and attached to each other along adjacent longitudinal edges.

3. In a hand bag, a U-shaped rigid frame defining the mouth of'the bag, a pair of sides attached tothe base of the frame, and

-a bottom for the bag interposed between said sides and including two U-shaped strips attached at their ends to the arms of the frame and attached to each other along adjacent longitudinal edges, said last named edges being connected through the interposition of a U-shaped connecting rib therebetween to which each of, said edges is attached.

4. In a hand bag, a composite bottom comprising a plurality of longitudinal strips having concave longitudinal edges', and attached to each other along adjacent longitudinal edges.

CHARLES J. MoCABE. IRVING SGHOENHOLZ.

5. In a hand bag, a u-shaped rigid frame 7 

